Chris Gerber

“The cleft between the cliffs may hold a secret,
but it will not speak unless asked in silence.”
— Rabindranath Tagore (paraphrased from various works)

Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Region, Adirondack Mountains, NY

“The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on. And for the soul to unfold, we must give it sunlight, stillness, and truth.”
- Thomas Moore

Fern fiddlehead, Morgan-Monroe State Forest, Indiana

"There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed."
- Edward Abbey

Flowers in the backyard.

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better."
- Albert Einstein

Looking into the Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado

"The earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Caribou townsite, Boulder county, CO - 2021

"The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me."
— Blaise Pascal

Somewhere in the infinite space.

"This is not normal."
- Melanie Stansbury

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
- Aristotle

Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights), May 2024, central Wyoming

"To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."
- Nelson Mandela

Bald Eagle (juvenile), Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, December, 2024

"Every storm runs out of rain."
- Maya Angelou

Flatirons, Boulder, CO - May 2023

"In war, truth is the first casualty." — Aeschylus

Alpine Sunflower, San Juan Mountains, Colorado

This week is definitely one of Colorado's "false springs", but it's been sooo nice.

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant." — Anne Bradstreet

New maple leaves, May 2023

I really wish we had an Aldi here...

Plants growing from the crack in a granite boulder.

Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area, New Hampshire

"A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles."
- Edward Abbey

Ferruginous Hawk, northern Boulder county, Winter 2024

Bison shaking off, after swimming across the Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park. 2022

"Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat."
— Thomas Jefferson

Comet C3/2023 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over the Boulder Flatirons.

October 22, 2024

Upper Cascade Lake at sunset, Adirondack Mountains, New York

"Then came the autumn, all in yellow and gold, and the days were sweet and warm."
- Longfellow

Happy Superb Owl Sunday!

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania

"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." – John Muir

Teton Range, Wyoming

"The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go."
- unknown

Summit county, Colorado

John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial Parkway, connecting Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park.

I use Lightroom for editing. I was super resistant to their annoying subscription model for years and years, but when I started shooting high volume photography (running races) I realized nobody else does high volume workflow as well... so i gave in. It's worth the $100/yr

Bog River Falls, Adirondack Mountains, NY

"Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness." – Lao Tzu

Thank you!!

"The wound is the place where the light enters you."
– Rumi

Moonset over the Tetons. June 2022

Moonset over the Tetons. June 2022

"In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain. Friends are those who knock gently, offering care without intruding." – Unknown

This seems like a nice place to ride out all of the <gestures wildly around> crazy fucking shit going on in the world.

Snowing pretty good here, but it's an upslope storm.

YouTube video by The New York Times Slomo: The Man Who Skated Right Off the Grid | Op-Docs | The New York Times

It's never a bad day to revisit Slomo.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn87...